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Turkey's Cappadocia to host international orienteering competition
ANKARA (A.A) - 22.03.2011 - Turkey's Cappadocia region, located in central Anatolia, will host an international orienteering competition over the upcoming weekend.
President of the Orienteering Federation Mehmet Genc said Tuesday that all preparations were ready for the international competition.
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has designated Cappadocia as one of the 101 places on earth where orienteering must take place before a person passes away.
The IOF has designated Cappadocia as a special place based on the fairy chimneys and unique geographical structures present there, Genc said.
Genc said that athletes from around 15 countries would compete at the international competition.
We refer to Cappadocia as "stone forest". Orienteering in Cappadocia will make contribution to the development of tourism in the region, Genc said.
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. Foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but basically any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation using a map is a type of orienteering.
Orienteering is included in the programs of world sporting events including the World Games and World Police and Fire Games.
Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey, largely in Nevsehir Province. The name was traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history and is still widely used as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage. The term, as used in tourism, roughly corresponds to present-day Nevsehir Province.
President of the Orienteering Federation Mehmet Genc said Tuesday that all preparations were ready for the international competition.
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has designated Cappadocia as one of the 101 places on earth where orienteering must take place before a person passes away.
The IOF has designated Cappadocia as a special place based on the fairy chimneys and unique geographical structures present there, Genc said.
Genc said that athletes from around 15 countries would compete at the international competition.
We refer to Cappadocia as "stone forest". Orienteering in Cappadocia will make contribution to the development of tourism in the region, Genc said.
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. Foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but basically any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation using a map is a type of orienteering.
Orienteering is included in the programs of world sporting events including the World Games and World Police and Fire Games.
Cappadocia is a region in central Turkey, largely in Nevsehir Province. The name was traditionally used in Christian sources throughout history and is still widely used as an international tourism concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys and a unique historical and cultural heritage. The term, as used in tourism, roughly corresponds to present-day Nevsehir Province.
